Battlefield 3 has players shoot police officers as part of its campaign, it has been revealed.

The ESRB rating for the first-person shooter mentions that the objective must be completed in order to finish a mission.

In response, an EA spokesperson told Eurogamer: "I don't think you understand the gravity of the situation. For God's sake, there is a nuke in Paris! Millions of lives are at stake!!"

The scenario seemingly goes against comments from producer Patrick Back earlier this year.

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"If you put the player in front of a choice where they can do good things or bad things, they will do bad things, go dark side - because people think it's cool to be naughty, they won't be caught," he said.

"We have to build our experiences so we don't put the player in experiences where they can do bad things."

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The ESRB rating also mentions that the game features characters that scream and "emit large splashes of blood when shot", the ability to stab soldiers with knives, and a sequence where a restrained character's throat is slit off-screen.